This is quite an old custom. It’s one of my first restorations from back when I started in this hobby several years ago. It’s a Lesney Land Rover that came in a car lot I bought off E-Bay a long time ago, and since I saw it in the auction’s photos, I immediately thought about restoring it. When it finally arrived, this is how it looked, the poor thing.

As I already knew it was coming, and that it didn’t have the roof rack that should be on its roof, in the time it took for the package to arrive I started looking for something to put in there. So one day I found this Matchbox Jeep with that wonderful rack in its top in a flea market.

This custom is already showing it’s age, both in its execution as in its current shape. Back then I did not have the materials and the resources needed for such an extensive detailing as this thing needed. Moreover, the paint is also showing chips here and there due to the absence of clear.

I’ve pondered redoing it, but I’ve held back due to the fact that it’s one of my first jobs, and as such, a testimony of how much my skills have developed since then, so like this it will stay. If I ever find another one to restore, I might give it a little sister.